> > > > In my experience LOCATE (go top) or LOCATE .f. (go bottom) is faster than GO BOTTOM. > > > > Mike Gagnon> > > Hi Mike,> > I raised this question as several years ago I played around with this especially> in large tables where on the navigation buttons I had one command button - Goto Top> and another command button - Goto Bottom> > I re-ran this test again only on a mega-sized dbf with 6 million records in it> and no index key active.> > Here is the simply code I used:>

> > My timing results from the 4 elapse times above are shown below:> > > > > > If I set order to tagname so an index is active I get the same results.> I close out of VFP and re-ran to unsure nothing cached and got the same results.> > So I guess if the LOCATE = .F. is faster, I cannot measure the difference moving through> a 6 million record table index or non-indexed.> > Pete "the IceMan", from the Great White North of Canada.> www.marathongriffincomputers.com